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August 15, 1923 issue

August 15, 1923 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

better image than previously posted

~John Ayotte, “The Devil’s Breath”, ‘Another of those fascinating Hawaiian tales’, 3rd of 10 stories in BM

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Fingers Clawing”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Clinton Foy, “The Fatal Sin”, ‘insane 1st-person narrator’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Gilbert Hammond, “Psycho-Whatchamacallit”, author’s sole story in BM

~ Howard R. Marsh, “The Sign at No. 278”, ‘billed as a ‘ten minute story’, set in Chinatown, San Francisco, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Black Gauntlet”, ‘advertised as “A Long Novelette of South Seas Adventure”’, 10th of 20 stories in BM

~ William Rollins, Jr., “The House of the Fiend Who Laughs”, ‘Daytime Story’, 4th of 23 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Tap on the Door”, 13th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 14th of 49 total articles in BM

~ Willett Stockard, “The One-Man Mob”, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

March 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

March 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ John Ayotte, “Okolehao”, ‘short-short, ‘A tragedy of Hawaii’, JA’s debut in BM’, 1st of 10 stories

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 4 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 4th of 13 appearances in BM

~ Black Mask Crime Review, ‘A Crime Expert’s Review of the Hall-Mills Tragedy; Article; anonymous;1st segment in this irregular, short-lived Department; no indexed beyond this point’

~ Crowley Conmarr, “Under the Hide of Tu Son”, ‘A Weird Tale’; 1st-person narrator; Chinese character’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “With His Enemies’ Aid”, ‘A Mystery of the D.A.s office’, authors 8th and final story in BM

~ John Hanlon, “The Door”, ‘A Skit with Spirits’, last of 3 stories in BM

~ John Holden, “The Perfect Plan”, ‘Gerald Drago, embezzler’, author’s only story in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 3rd of 4 parts, 5th of 20 appearances in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “Pieces of Men”, ‘daytime story’, last of 5 appearances in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Ghost Ship”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette of the Cannibal Isles’, 6th of 20 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “Old Clothes”, ‘fictitious names are given…changed a bit for necessary reasons’, 3rd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 3rd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Gregory Stragnell, MD, “Our Dreams”, “short-lived Department devoted to ‘one of the newest sciences – psychoanalysis’; not indexed beyond this point”

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